Vehicle-body construction.



No. 809,788. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906. S. J. DOWLING.

VEHICLE BODY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EEIGE.

VEHICLE-BQDY CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed July 8,1905. Serial No. 268,767.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STONEWALL J. DOW- LING, a citizen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, residing at iVaXahachie, in the county of El.- lis andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle- Body Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in buggy orvehicle bodies, and relates more particularly to the cornerironsemployed in buggy or vehicle body construction.

It is an object of this invention to provide a device of this characterthat will form a compact and firm joint of a buggy or vehicle body andprove at the same time simple in construction and economical inmanufacture.

I/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail refer ence will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein likecharacters of reference denote corre sponding parts in the severalviews, and in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the corner of abuggy or vehicle bed or body em ploying the invention. Fig. 2 is a viewin perspective of the invention detached. Fig. 3 is a view in elevationof a fragment of a side strip or board, showing the manner in which itis cut when employed with a corner-iron constructed according to theinvention.

In the drawings, 1 2 indicate the meeting base-beams of a buggy orvehicle body which have their meeting ends cut to form overlappingjoints, as plainly indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Suitably securedto the beams, preferably by bolts passing through apertures, is acorner-iron A. This iron extends above the beamsa distance equal to theheight of a buggy or vehicle body, as will be plainly understood bythose familiar with buggy or vehicle body construction. The iron bar Ais preferably L-shaped in crosssection and has formed on the inside atthe junction of the members 4 5 a reinforcing strip 6, which may beformed integral therewith or separate, according to the results desiredin practice; but it is the intention of the invention to have the entireiron cast integral. The reinforcing-strip 6 is not of the same height asthe iron proper, but extends from the upper edge of the iron down to apoint slightly below the top or upper surface of the base-beam 1.

At the lower end of the strip 6 is a foot 7, which fits in a recess 8,formed in the beam This foot projects on a line of about ninety degreeswith relation to the members 4 5 of the iron A and is provided with anaperture or opening 9, through which a bolt or other securing means isintended to pass in order that said foot may be attached to the beam 1.In practice it is the intention to have the bolt or whatever means isemployed to pass through both of the beams 1 and 2. By this arrangementthe foot not only provides a securing means for the angle-iron, butpresents a means for holding the beams positively united.

The inner surface of each of the members 4 5 of the iron A is reduced orrecessed interme diate its width, said recess extending beyond thereinforcing -str.ip 6. From the top of each of the members 4 5 extendsan arm 9, which is provided with a plurality of apertures through whichscrews or the like are intended to pass to engage the upper edge of thebuggy or vehicle side strip B. The buggy or vehicle side strip B has itsend portion 10 reduced in thicknessto joint with the reduced portion ofthe members 4 5, while the upper and lower corners of the side areprovided with cut-away portions 11 12, respectively, to receive thenormal portions 13 of the members 4 5 and the arms 9 of said angle orcorner iron A. The reinforcing-strip 6 is also provided with a series ofapertures extending therethrough to provide means whereby a dashboardmay be applied. These apertures are preferably two in number and arelocated in those irons positioned at the front of the vehicle-body, asis thought to be understood by those skilled in the art.

The advantages of said invention and the operation thereof are thoughtto be clearly apparent from the drawings and the foregoing descriptionthereof, it being stated that one of these irons is applied to eachcorner of a buggy or vehicle body.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An angle-iron for a buggy or vehicle body comprising an L-shaped member,a reinforce-strip arranged within the-member at said sections, arms andreinforce-strip being ID the junction of the sections, said memberterprovided with apertures. 'minating at a oint above the lower end ofIn testimony whereof I aflix mysignature, the member, a oot extendingfrom the lower in the presence of two witnesses, this 1st day 5 end ofthe member, arms extending from the of July, 1905.

upper edges of each of the sections of the STONEWALL J. DOWLING.members, the inner surfaces of each section Witnesses:

being recessed intermediate its ends, said re- RALPH DOWLING,

cess extending beyond the reinforce-swim F. P. DOWLING.

